The program schedule is now available. Please note that the schedule is still subject to change.
Note that it is each participant’s responsibility to make sure that they are available for all four (4) days of the Congress Program: Sunday, 13 July to Wednesday, 16 July..
Please refer to this schedule for the most updated information on the date, time and location of your presentation or panel.
| Opening Hours | Registration | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|
| SAT, 12 July: | 15:00 – 18:00 | Setup: 15:00 – 18:00 |
| SUN, 13 July: | 08:00 – 20:00 | Setup: 08:00 – 09:00 Open: 09:00 – 18:00 |
| MON, 14 July: | 08:00 – 17:30 | 09:00 – 17:30 |
| TUE, 15 July: | 08:00 – 17:30 | 09:00 – 17:30 |
| WED, 16 July: | 08:00 – 17:30 | 09:00 – 16:30 |
Highlight Events and Meetings
Plenaries
- PL.01 Liberal Democracy, Multilateralism and Global Citizenship
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 13:45 UTC+9 (1 hour 30 minutes)
3F-North Auditorium - PL.02 The Contentious Politics of Academic Freedom: Social Movements and Repression
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 13:45 UTC+9 (1 hour 30 minutes)
4F 401 - PL.03 Populism, Polarization and the Consequences on Democracy
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 13:45 UTC+9 (1 hour 30 minutes)
4F 401 - PL.04 Resisting Legal Autocracy in South
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 13:45 UTC+9 (1 hour 30 minutes)
4F 401
Ceremonies
- CR.01 Opening Ceremony and Reception
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 19:30 UTC+9 (2 hours)
3F-North Auditorium - CR.05 Reception | Overseas Koreans Agency - OKA (By Invitation)
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour) - CR.02 Kim Dae-jung Foundation Reception (By invitation)
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 19:00 UTC+9 (1 hour)
4F 401 Lobby - CR.03 Asian Night | Track Chairs Recognition Reception (By invitation)
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 20:30 UTC+9 (1 hour) - CR.04 Reception | Seoul International Forum on Elections - SIFE (By Invitation)
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour) - CR.06 IPSR/SAGE Reception
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 19:30 UTC+9 (1 hour)
4F 401 Lobby - CR.07 Closing Ceremony and Reception
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 19:30 UTC+9 (1 hour)
4F 401
Awards
- AW.01 Guillermo O’Donnell Award Lecture
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E5 - AW.02 Karl Deutsch Award Lecture
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E5 - AW.03 Kim Dae-jung Award Roundtable
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 17:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
4F 401 - AW.04 Global South Award Lecture
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
4F 401 - AW.05 Meisel-Laponce Award Lecture
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 17:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
4F 401 - AW.06 Prize of the Foundation Mattei Dogan Award Lecture
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E5
Special Events
- SE.01 Global Implications of the 2024 US Presidential Elections
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 09:00 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
4F 401 - SE.09 In Memoriam: Honoring Professor Leonardo Morlino
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E1 - SE.02 Resisting Autocratization in Polarized Societies: The Role of Academia
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 17:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E5 - SE.03 How He Bridged Nations, Perspectives, and Intellectual Divides: The Legacy of Professor Takashi Inoguchi
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E3 - SE.04 Gender Inequalities in Political Science
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 17:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E5 - SE.05 Predatory Publishing and Ethics in Research: What’s up?
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E6 - SE.06 Artificial Intelligence in Political Science
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 17:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E5 - SE.07 Deepening Representation and Voice in the Discipline: Challenges and Opportunities under the Veil of Uncertainty
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 11:00 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
4F 401 - SE.08 IPSA Regional Dialogues
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 17:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E1
Professional Development Cafés
- PD.01 Meet the Editors: Publishing in Leading Journals
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 314AB - PD.02 Interpretive Methods Café
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 311AB - PD.03 Crafting Your Path Through the Academic Publishing Landscape
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 314AB - PD.04 Communicating Political Science to Politicians, Policy Makers and the Public
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 314AB
Congress Theme
- CT.01 Navigating the Digital Divide: Perspectives on Digicracy, Polarized Politics, and Democracy
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 11:00 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E5 - CT.02 Theorizing Autocratization
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 17:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E6 - CT.06 Populism and Autocratization
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 11:00 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
4F 401 - CT.04 Courts and the Rule of Law in Resisting Autocratization
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E1 - CT.05 Authors Meet Critics – Depolarizing Politics and Saving Democracy
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 17:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E6 - CT.03 How to Protect Liberal Democracy? Domestic and International Strategies
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 11:00 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F 328
Partner Organizations
- AMECIP.02 Democracy in Tension: Populism, Human Rights and Authoritarianism in Latin America
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 11:00 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F 318A - ABCP.04 Resisting Autocratization in Polarized Societies: Reflections and Pathways in the Brazilian Context
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 17:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F-North Auditorium 2B - CAPS.01 US-China Competition and Strategic Implications for China’s Neighboring Countries
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 17:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F 310AB - APSA.02 Roundtable on the Future of Political Science with APSA Leaders, Past, and Present
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F 300 - AMECIP.03 Building Inclusive Governance: Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Public Policies through Technology for a Human-Centered Administration
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 11:00 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F 327A - ALACIP.01 Democratic Backsliding and Political Resistance in Latin America
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F 310AB - AMECIP.01 Links Between the State and Democratization in Mexico: Approaches from Political Science and Social Sciences
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F 308B - APSA.01 Roundtable on Strengthening Civil Society through Community Engaged Research
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F E8 - INST.01 Rethinking Climate Change, Security, and Politics
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour 45 minutes)
3F 312
Sponsored
Sponsored Presentations
- SPNR.01 Meet the Editors: De Gruyter Brill - Carlos de la Torre and Oscar Mazzoleni
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 318A - SPNR.02 De Gruyter Brill - Grounding Power: Reconnecting Geopolitics and International Relations in a Fragmented World
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 318A - SPNR.03 MAXQDA: A Smart Toolkit for Qualitative Data Analysis
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 317C - SPNR.04 Meet the Editor: npj Climate Action
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 317C
Tech Zone Presentations
- TZ.01 A Quick Overview of the QDA Miner Qualitative Analysis and WordStat Text Analysis Software
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 317/318 Lobby - TZ.02 WordStat 2025: Merging the Power of Text Analysis with the Intelligence of GenAI
Day 2 | Monday 14 July | 15:30 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 317/318 Lobby - TZ.03 Opening the Black Box: GenAI Features in QDA Miner 2025
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July | 12:45 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 317/318 Lobby - TZ.04 WordStat in Action: Media Coverage of Protests After George Floyd’s Death
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July | 11:00 UTC+9 (1 hour)
3F 317/318 Lobby
Meetings
- Meetings (7)
- RC Business Meetings (38)
Parallel Activities
Schedule by date
Day 0 | Saturday 12 July
Day 1 | Sunday 13 July
- 09:00 UTC+9 (53)
- 11:00 UTC+9 (52)
- 12:45 UTC+9 (10)
- 13:45 UTC+9 (1)
- 15:30 UTC+9 (52)
- 17:30 UTC+9 (50)
- 19:30 UTC+9 (1)
Day 2 | Monday 14 July
- 09:00 UTC+9 (47)
- 11:00 UTC+9 (45)
- 12:45 UTC+9 (19)
- 13:45 UTC+9 (1)
- 15:30 UTC+9 (48)
- 17:30 UTC+9 (47)
- 19:00 UTC+9 (2)
- 20:30 UTC+9 (1)
Day 3 | Tuesday 15 July
- 09:00 UTC+9 (55)
- 11:00 UTC+9 (55)
- 12:45 UTC+9 (15)
- 13:45 UTC+9 (1)
- 15:30 UTC+9 (55)
- 17:30 UTC+9 (55)
- 19:30 UTC+9 (1)
Day 4 | Wednesday 16 July
- 09:00 UTC+9 (45)
- 11:00 UTC+9 (47)
- 12:45 UTC+9 (6)
- 13:45 UTC+9 (1)
- 15:30 UTC+9 (43)
- 17:30 UTC+9 (44)
- 19:30 UTC+9 (1)